NewzA Malaysian teenage boy has been acquitted of the high-profile murder of a female schoolmate after a judge ruled that he was mentally unsound during the incident. The defendant had fatally stabbed 16-year-old Yap Shing Xuen inside a toilet at their secondary school, located on the outskirts of the capital city of Kuala Lumpur.
The killing, which took place nearly a year prior to the court's decision, deeply shocked the nation and ignited widespread public debate regarding the influence and role of social media in society. The legal proceedings concluded with the insanity ruling, formally clearing the teenager of criminal liability for the attack.
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